Alysson Muotri
Alysson Muotri | |
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| Alma mater | |
| Employers | University of California in San Diego |
| Status | In training |
| Occupation | biologist |
| Space career | |
| Commercial astronaut | |
| Selection | 2023 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics, neurosciences |
| Thesis | Modulação da expressão do gene de reparo de DNA XPA por meio de vetores genéticos em células humanas (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Carlos Frederico Martins Menck |
| Website | muotri |
Alysson Renato Muotri is a Brazilian geneticist and developmental biologist, and a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, where he directs the UCSD Stem-Cell Program. His research focuses on the evolutionary genetics and neuroscience of brain development, using human and "Neanderthalized" brain organoids developed from stem cells. He is one of the most scientifically impactful Brazilian researchers in the world.